Saturday, August 14, 2010

Cellphones = The Devil

I have a love/hate relationship with cell phones.
I love my cell phone.
I have M's cell phone.
He is on it ALL OF THE TIME.

We dont get that much time together and his cell phone is always going off. I have made it very clear that I dislike it a lot and even had to ban him from his phone when we go out to dinner.

When we are out hanging out with his friends and every single one of them is on their phones, its like... why are we even hanging out? We might as well just be at home texting each other.

I don't get it sometimes. I understand the need to be involved with everyone and feeling important, but I don't get the point of why the need to be on the phone all of the time.

I don't check his phone and I have no idea who he is texting all of the time. I trust him but its like... when we're here with all of his friends and he is STILL on his phone... like who the hell are you texting now?

Does anyone else have this problem? How do you handle it? Because my solution will be smashing it on the floor soon and that's not the logical answer!!!

Yes, I've had that issue before. I don't know that there is a lot to do about it, other than turn the tables. Or perhaps just mention, "You know, I feel kinda second rate when you're on your phone all the time!" Doesn't have to be offensive or yelled, just bring it to his attention. I've found that a lot of people never realize how much they really do this to their friends until it's put in their face.

I HATE cell phones - you could just try to ask for a complete ban on them during "social time" or during some set amount of time like the first hour you are out with friends or something.... I think it's just rude and disrespectful to text while you are with someone else (or a group of them) - it's really not different from if you start whispering secrets like kindergarten and leave someone else out. It just drives me nuts and I totally agree with Lauren - what is the point of hanging out if you'd rather talk to someone else? I try to tone down that attitude when I'm with other people who do it because I know they don't think of it like that, but I think you get to tell a significant other that you do find it upsetting/rude/icky...

You're definitely not the only one so don't worry about being alone on this subject! I absolutely hate when I'm with my boyfriend or friends, and they're texting other people, it's annoying. My friends and I went out to dinner one night and put all our cell phones in the middle of the table so we would just have a good time with the people we were with; that seemed to work the best.

Advice? ask your boyfriend to leave his phone home for the night, or turned on silent. It really shouldn't be that important if he's with the people who are most important to him :]

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